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昙花一现

lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived

Characters and words in 昙花一现

Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
tán = t + an2
huā = hu + a1
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huā = hu + a1
flower / blossom / CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful
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huā = hu + a1
huā = hu + a1
variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]
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= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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xiàn = xi + an4
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Words with 昙花一现

昙花一现 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 昙花一现

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